In the Section "Investigating Life: the Orchid and the Moth

question 36

Multiple Choice

In the section "Investigating Life: The Orchid and the Moth," what did Charles Darwin predict after observing the 11-inch long nectaries of the Angraecum sesquipedale orchid in Madagascar?

• A)the existence of a moth with a proboscis of 10-11 inches
• B)the existence of a competitor which also possessed especially-long nectaries
• C)the presence of very small bees that could fit into long nectaries
• D)that the orchid must reproduce asexually
• E)that the orchid was an evolutionary dead end and could no longer reproduce